incus - listener and alert for hard of hearing

'incus' is the name of my recently completed major project; a personal listener and home alert for the hard of hearing. The project has been undertaken in collaboration with the RNID (Royal National Institute for the Deaf http://www.rnid.org.uk/) and seeks to the address the problem of social isolation caused by personal listening products, whereby users are cut off from audible events such as the telephone ringing.

The attached photos are of the working prototype I built, which features visual, audible and physical feedback through use of RGB LEDs, headphone output and a vibration motor. Users are able to adjust the volume, and stop alerts by pressing the screen which doubles up as the dismiss button. Provision is also made for wearing the product with a belt clip, which also features a widget for attaching a lanyard or wrist strap.

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Science & Technology

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• 2008
• deaf
• Design
• hard
• hearing
• Ideation
• incus
• Industrial
• LED
• Loughborough
• of
• prototype
• RGB
• RNID
• screen
• Technology
• Robert